Notes

Appearance

Samba ​

When you want a to make a drive available on the network, Samba is a good solution that works with most other operating systems.

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install samba smbclient
sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install samba smbclient

Check if the service is running with

sudo systemctl status smbd
sudo systemctl status smbd

Update firewall to allow Samba connections

sudo ufw allow 'Samba'
sudo ufw allow 'Samba'

Shares ​

Edit /etc/samba/smb.conf

sudo vi /etc/samba/smb.conf
sudo vi /etc/samba/smb.conf

Add a section for each share

[Home]
   comment = Camera Feeds
   path = /media/account/CAMERAS
   guest ok = no
   browseable = no
   create mask = 0600
   directory mask = 0700
[Home]
   comment = Camera Feeds
   path = /media/account/CAMERAS
   guest ok = no
   browseable = no
   create mask = 0600
   directory mask = 0700

Then restart samba

sudo service smbd restart && sudo service smbd status
sudo service smbd restart && sudo service smbd status

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-set-up-quick-and-easy-file-sharing-with-samba/

Allowing "Guest" will not require a password. Anyone on the local network can connect to the share.

If you want to use a standard user account to connect to them, you'll need to assign a samba password to the account:

sudo smbpasswd -a account
sudo smbpasswd -a account

It's possible to configure the shares via finder. Right click on the folder / drive and go to either "Properties -> Sharing tab" or "Local Network Share". This is useful when testing a setup. However, these settings will not persist across reboots.

See Also ​

https://linuxhint.com/share-folder-on-local-network-with-ubuntu/

Backup Configs ​

sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.orig
sudo cp ~/previous/system/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf 

sudo /etc/init.d/samba reload
sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.orig
sudo cp ~/previous/system/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf 

sudo /etc/init.d/samba reload

Mounting ​

sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.234/data ~/shared-drive
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.234/data ~/shared-drive

Or, in finder / files browser use:

Other Locations -> Connect to Server -> smb://192.168.1.234